Re: "Third Level" domains patented?

[Michael . Dillon]

>According to the article, somebody maanged to patent the selling of
>www.something.somethng.com.  Which seems a bit assanine to me, since the
>ISP I worked for in 1993 offered custoemrs www.customer.ccnet.com.

>As much as I dislike Verisign, this is silly.

Agreed. Here is some of my prior art from 1996 
http://www.gtld-mou.org/gtld-discuss/mail-archive/01815.html
and I may have mentioned it even earlier than this.
I also consulted for the GNR during their application
for the .NAME registry so there is a direct connection
between the idea published in 1996 and the current
.NAME registry which is the subject of the Verisign
lawsuit.

--Michael Dillon

Re: "Third Level" domains patented?

[Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine]

The equivalant notice and responsive observation was made on the registrar's
list a few days ago.

Eric

"Third Level" domains patented?

[Scott Call]

http://news.com.com/2100-1038-5141810.html?tag=nefd_hed

According to the article, somebody maanged to patent the selling of
www.something.somethng.com.  Which seems a bit assanine to me, since the
ISP I worked for in 1993 offered custoemrs www.customer.ccnet.com.

As much as I dislike Verisign, this is silly.

I think I'll file a patent on organic O2/CO2 exchangers, and then sue
everyone who breathes

Break out the prior art



-Scott

-- 
Scott Call  Router Geek, ATGi, home of $6.95 Prime Rib
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